Edna Gertrude Beasley wrote a memoir about her childhood in Abilene, Texas. The book was banned, but now the book is being reprinted and the mystery of her disappearance is worthy of a book all its own. Resources: https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/a-silenced-voice-of-texas-literature-is-finally-heard-again/
The Lady of White Rock Lake
To some, she’s the Lady of the Lake. To others she’s a mysterious, albeit wet, woman in white. Regardless, she is a fascinating ghost story for those up near Dallas. Resources: https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/diving-into-a-dallas-ghost-story-is-white-rock-lake-actually-haunted/287-556820302 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91701121/hallie-enid-gaston https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/diving-into-a-dallas-ghost-story-is-white-rock-lake-actually-haunted/287-556820302 gendisasters.com/texas/22101/dallas-tx-three-youths-drown-in-white-rock-lake-may-1929 https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/diving-into-a-dallas-ghost-story-is-white-rock-lake-actually-haunted/287-556820302 https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2017/10/17/flashback-girl-of-white-rock-lake-spooked-residents-in-1964/ https://www.dallasparks.org/235/White-Rock-Lake http://www.watermelon-kid.com/places/wrl/lore/ghost.htm
The San Antonio Four
During the late 1990’s four Latinx LGBT Women were accused of a horrific crime and sentenced to prison. The only problem? They didn’t do it and there was no evidence against them. Resources: https://www.texasobserver.org/mystery-san-antonio-four/ http://fourliveslost.com/ https://innocencetexas.org/the-problems https://www.themarshallproject.org/records/1396-satanic-child-abuse-texas-case https://www.bexar.org/1834/County-Court-13 https://www.thriveyouthcenter.org/ https://play.acast.com/s/redhanded/episode138-witch-hunt-thesanantoniosatanicpanic-acasted77185f
John Wesley Hardin- The Deadliest Texas Outlaw
John Wesley Hardin is part-folk hero, part-terrible human being, all deadliest Texas Outlaw. Resources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wesley_Hardin https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/hardin-john-wesley You can read his biography for free here: https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Life_of_John_Wesley_Hardin/jLM-AAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1
Terri Lee Hoffman, Dallas Cult Leader
Terri Lee Hoffman hit the Dallas New Age stage hard, but with many deaths linked back to her and her group Consciousness Development of Body, Mind and Soul, there was much more to the story. Resources: https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-curse-of-the-black-lords/ https://culteducation.com/group/1188-terri-hoffman/20405-the-curse-of-the-black-lords.html http://mfmlinks.blogspot.com/2017/12/101-live-at-majestic-theatre-in-dallas.html Cults Podcast
TX Slang for Crazy Scholarship for First Time YAMI/YMI Participant
Here at the Texas: Slang for Crazy Podcast, we believe that experiences can be what make all the difference in life. Sometimes, those experiences are held off by funds. I was named the 2021 Young Miss International Spokesmodel and I want to share the joy by paying a first time participant’s entry fee so they…
The Invention of “Maverick”
A Texas politician is likely the reason we refer to some people as mavericks. Resources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Maverick https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/maverick-samuel-augustus https://www.uiw.edu/sanantonio/BexarCountyChiefJustice.html
The Only “Clothing Optional” Park in Texas
Just outside of Austin you can find the only clothing optional park in Texas, Hippie Hollow. Resources: https://do512.com/p/hippie-hollow https://do512.com/p/weirdest-things-in-austin https://parks.traviscountytx.gov/parks/hippie-hollow Golden-cheeked Warbler and the Black-capped Vireo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippie_Hollow_Park
The Parking Lot Cemetery
In Houston, Texas, a business parking lot has a strange neighbor. Resources: https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/32679 http://historichouston1836.com/hillendahl-cemetery/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CDeath%20is%20nature’s%20way%20of%20telling%20you%20to%20slow%20down.%E2%80%9D&text=This%20small%20(25’%20x%2055,auto%20repair%20shop%20parking%20lot. http://www.cemeteries-of-tx.com/Etx/Harris/cemetery/hillendahlgew.htm
BEKs (Black Eyed Kids)
You’re sitting in your car in Texas when two kids approach to ask you for a ride, but there’s something very wrong. These kids have eyes that are pure black. Resources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-eyed_children http://weekinweird.com/2016/07/28/beware-the-widow-ghosts-look-out-black-eyed-kids-theres-a-new-paranormal-nightmare-in-town/
